Intel Core i7-5820K vs Intel Core i7-6950X

Core i7-5820K vs Core i7-6950X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6950X performs better than the Core i7-5820K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5820K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-6950X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-5820K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5820K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6950X. Also, the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.